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<p>[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3423513, member: 76086"]There are a several scenarios that come to mind to explain why such a coin could appear in a humble lot of uncleaned coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>First, many forgers salt larger groups of genuine coins with fakes. It makes the group appear that it has more value when it does not, but it brings up the end price on the lot. Many times if a lot is crusty and dirty such fakes will escape notice, especially when a dealer or collector is looking at many coins quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, some forgers will want to give their creations some legitimacy by placing them in large lots of genuine coins. It can lend credibility to the fake and offer subsequent sales for the forger under different circumstances.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, as you already pointed out, some forgers do it because they can. They want to see if they can create something which will be accepted as the real thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are other circumstances of course, but these are what come to my mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3423513, member: 76086"]There are a several scenarios that come to mind to explain why such a coin could appear in a humble lot of uncleaned coins. First, many forgers salt larger groups of genuine coins with fakes. It makes the group appear that it has more value when it does not, but it brings up the end price on the lot. Many times if a lot is crusty and dirty such fakes will escape notice, especially when a dealer or collector is looking at many coins quickly. Second, some forgers will want to give their creations some legitimacy by placing them in large lots of genuine coins. It can lend credibility to the fake and offer subsequent sales for the forger under different circumstances. Lastly, as you already pointed out, some forgers do it because they can. They want to see if they can create something which will be accepted as the real thing. There are other circumstances of course, but these are what come to my mind.[/QUOTE]
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